Vegan Candles: 21 Soy and Plant-based Candles for Beginners

by Delphine Reposeur

Create your own 100% natural vegan candles!

Making your own candles allows you to choose ingredients that are healthy for you and for the planet. It also gives you the opportunity to play with a wealth of fragrances to create candles that are meaningful and purposeful for creating atmospheres of relaxation, warmth, concentration, energy . . . the possibilities are endless! Nearly any glass container can be made into a candle, so use your creativity and resourcefulness to combine containers, scents, and inclusions such as flower petals or coffee beans to make your own unique candles.

The candle-making process is simple. Even if it's your first time, you'll find success by following the instructions in this book. You'll learn:

• the materials and tools needed to begin, and how to choose the best natural ingredients
• the steps necessary to make both container and molded candles
• 21 recipes with the exact scents to combine to make candles for a variety of moods

• ISBN10: 0811772802
• ISBN13: 9780811772808
• Publish Date: 2 April 2024
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Stackpole Books
• Edition: Paperback Original
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 80
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Vegan Candles is a tutorial/crafting guide with recipes for vegan friendly candles by Delphine Reposeur. First published in French as Bougies vegan: Recettes à faire soi-même, this English language translation from Rowman & Littlefield on their Stackpole Books imprint is 80 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. 

This is a beginner-accessible tutorial book with step-by-step guides to 21 different projects and recipes for vegan friendly soy-based candles with lots of scents and uses. It has a logical and easy to follow layout, with a very short history of candles and uses, an introduction with a survey over the available plant based materials options and necessary tools, and the general tutorials and specific project tutorials (including candles of course, but also wax melts and other projects).

Each tutorial has an introduction, bullet list of ingredients, step by step instructions and multiple color photos. Ingredient measures are provided in imperial (American) measurements with metric in parentheses (yay!). Small background info tidbits and tips and tricks are provided in highlighted text boxes throughout the book. 

The book includes a short FAQ section for some troubleshooting help, but no index or links/reference lists. The ingredients will likely be obtainable from any large retail crafting outlet in North America, or from the internet. 

The translation work is not 100% seamless; there are a couple awkwardly translated lines, but nothing egregious and it doesn't interfere with comprehension at all. 

The book has an honest emphasis on non-GMO, vegan friendly, earth friendly ingredients and a sustainable aesthetic which will appeal to the target reading audience. 

Four and a half stars. It would be a good choice for public or school library acquisition, for the home crafter's library, maker's groups and similar.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.